Oklahoma troopers rush to help stranded motorists, shoot and kill one

A flood “rescue mission” turned fatal for one Oklahoma man, who was shot and killed by a state trooper. Police claimed that the man did not want to leave his vehicle, argued and allegedly attacked officers as they tried to get him out of the water.

The incident took place
some 20 miles outside of Tulsa when Okmulgee County state
troopers came to the rescue of two men trying to save their car
stranded at a roadway from rushing water on Friday.

The water levels were rising too rapidly, and the troopers we
“worried about them getting swept away,” according to
Capt. Paul Timmons who spoke of the incident with the press on
Saturday.

“[The troopers] were trying to get them to come out of the
water,” Timmons said. “(The men), for whatever reason,
were just really upset about having to leave the vehicle
there.”

When the two unfortunate drivers got to the dry land, at least
one of them allegedly attacked the officers and was shot and
killed, AP reports.

“It's not real clear how it all transpired,” Timmons
admitted. A weapon was reportedly recovered from one of the
suspects, but it remains unclear whether the man fired at the
troopers. The second man was arrested for assault and public
intoxication. Their identities were not revealed.

Local news however reported the victim as a 35-year-old Nehemiah
Fischer, a pastor of a local church, while the second man was
identified as his brother.

Meanwhile the troopers did not suffer any injuries. The superiors
are due to decide whether the officers should be placed on leave
following the incident.